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AtheistPreacher said:
I can't remember whether I've shared this story or not, but at one point I was talking to a guy who was with Campus Crusade for Christ. He believed the Bible was literally true in every respect. So I asked him how Methuselah could have lived to be 969 years old, as the Bible says. He immediately gave this explanation. When God created the world, he separated the waters above from the waters below (Genesis), meaning that the sky was actually a dome of water. When the flood of Noah came, that dome broke, and all the water above fell onto the earth, flooding the entire planet. And now that there's no dome of water protecting us, we can no longer live to be 1,000 years old, because the ultra-violet rays are killing us.

I wish I was making that one up, but I'm not. The dude really believed it. These folks just live in their own little happy place. There's just no reasoning with them.
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Do I believe that is true? No.

Do I believe the Bible is true? Yes. Every single word.

And FYI, I am also involved with Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU). It's a good organization.
 
Hantlers said:
Do I believe that is true? No.

Do I believe the Bible is true? Yes. Every single word.

And FYI, I am also involved with Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU). It's a good organization.
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I think when people try to take a literal interpretation of the bible they lessen their arguement. The bible is not an entirely literal text.
 
Stoked said:
I think when people try to take a literal interpretation of the bible they lessen their arguement. The bible is not an entirely literal text.
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Look, I get that Methusalh living to 900+ years sounds crazy...it does. But at the end of the day, I believe that my Savior was born of a virgin, died and rose again to save all of our sins. I know that it's crazy, but if it wasn't crazy, then it wouldn't be so difficult to have faith and believe.

And while there are several figures of speech in the Bible (parables, parts of Revelation, etc etc) for the most part, it is a literal text that is meant to be taken literal.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
This is not just an LDS thing. This is an all religion thing. This is something that's been practiced since well forever. Read the bible, you'll even find plenty of it in there. Thread over.
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Why are you so defensive? He didn't even say the things you're claiming he did. And why should the fact that this sort of behavior is not exclusive to one religion end the discussion, anyway?

Edit: Just noticed that I'm late piling on. Penalty flag.
 
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Hantlers said:
Look, I get that Methusalh living to 900+ years sounds crazy...it does. But at the end of the day, I believe that my Savior was born of a virgin, died and rose again to save all of our sins. I know that it's crazy, but if it wasn't crazy, then it wouldn't be so difficult to have faith and believe.

And while there are several figures of speech in the Bible (parables, parts of Revelation, etc etc) for the most part, it is a literal text that is meant to be taken literal.
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Wow.
 
Hantlers said:
Look, I get that Methusalh living to 900+ years sounds crazy...it does. But at the end of the day, I believe that my Savior was born of a virgin, died and rose again to save all of our sins. I know that it's crazy, but if it wasn't crazy, then it wouldn't be so difficult to have faith and believe.

And while there are several figures of speech in the Bible (parables, parts of Revelation, etc etc) for the most part, it is a literal text that is meant to be taken literal.
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Wow.
 
Hantlers said:
Look, I get that Methusalh living to 900+ years sounds crazy...it does. But at the end of the day, I believe that my Savior was born of a virgin, died and rose again to save all of our sins. I know that it's crazy, but if it wasn't crazy, then it wouldn't be so difficult to have faith and believe.

And while there are several figures of speech in the Bible (parables, parts of Revelation, etc etc) for the most part, it is a literal text that is meant to be taken literal.
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Yes!

Would also add that The Bible is not just a book of stories or rules to be followed, it is the living, breathing word of God and has immense power to change anyone's life!


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Hantlers said:
Look, I get that Methusalh living to 900+ years sounds crazy...it does. But at the end of the day, I believe that my Savior was born of a virgin, died and rose again to save all of our sins. I know that it's crazy, but if it wasn't crazy, then it wouldn't be so difficult to have faith and believe.

And while there are several figures of speech in the Bible (parables, parts of Revelation, etc etc) for the most part, it is a literal text that is meant to be taken literal.
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I think some of it can and some of it can't. The virgin Mary and all that is literal in my opinion.
 
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